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I recently faced a situation where customer requested to change the hostname of backend SQL DB Virtual Machine . I followed the below procedure

  • Take the Backup of vCenter Database
  • Shutdown vCenter Services
  • Shutdown SQL Services on SQL Server.
  • Rename the SQL Server Hostname to desired hostname.
  • Restart SQL Server.
  • Validate the SQL services are up and running after the restart.
  • Connect to SQL Management Studio to validate the connection to DB.
  • On the vCenter Server open ODBC Connections and reconfigure the current odbc connection to point to new hostname.
  • Then edit SQL Server Hostname in the vcdb.properties file which is located at:
    • For vCenter Server 5.5 and earlier:
      • Windows 2008 – C:\ProgramData\VMware\VMware VirtualCenter
      • Other Windows versions – C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\VMware\VMware VirtualCenter\

    • For vCenter Server 6.0:
      • C:\ProgramData\VMware\vCenterServer\cfg\vmware-vpx
  • Start the vCenter Services and you are ready to ROCK N ROLL 🙂

More information can be found on the below VMware KB

https://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=7960893

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